When comparing One Night Ultimate Werewolf vs Letters from Whitechapel, the Slant community recommends One Night Ultimate Werewolf for most people. In the question“What are the best scary board games to play around Halloween?” One Night Ultimate Werewolf is ranked 2nd while Letters from Whitechapel is ranked 7th.
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Pros
Pro Avoids advantage to any player
A lot of co-op games have a problem with one player getting an advantage, this is called an alpha player. Letters from Whitechapel avoids this issue by rotating the Head of Investigation (a player who leads the rest of his co-op partners) each round, this way avoiding one player who has too much control of the game for too long.
Pro Satisfying asynchronous play
Many games try to do asynchronous gameplay but often do not get it right. Luckily Letters for Whitechapel nailed the gameplay with a well balanced role of Jack the Ripper, who often only narrowly escapes the police, which gives a feeling of tension to the one player who could have an advantage if not balanced correctly.
Cons
Con Slow beginning
The beginning of the game is the poorest part as it is slow to setup and can be confusing, especially to new players.